Seattle-based Cray, the supercomputer company, announced today it has been awarded a multi-year, $20 million contract with the Foundation for Space Technology, Applications and Science in Brazil. Under the terms of the contract, the company will deliver a Cray XT6 supercomputer to Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, to perform weather forecasts and climate studies; the computer will go into production later this year. Cray (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CRAY]]) has won a series of large government contracts, both foreign and domestic, in the past year. Last July, Cray CEO Peter Ungaro gave me a detailed overview of the company’s strategy, shortly before it posted a surprise profit for the second quarter of 2009.
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Greg is a veteran journalist who has covered a wide range of science, technology, and business. As former editor in chief, he overaw daily news, features, and events across Xconomy's national network. Before joining Xconomy, he was a features editor at New Scientist magazine, where he edited and wrote articles on physics, technology, and neuroscience. Previously he was senior writer at Technology Review, where he reported on emerging technologies, R&D, and advances in computing, robotics, and applied physics. His writing has also appeared in Wired, Nature, and The Atlantic Monthly’s website. He was named a New York Times professional fellow in 2003.
Greg is the co-author of Guanxi (Simon & Schuster, 2006), about Microsoft in China and the global competition for talent and technology. Before becoming a journalist, he did research at MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. He has published 20 papers in scientific journals and conferences and spoken on innovation at Adobe, Amazon, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other organizations. He has a Master’s and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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